SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian authorities should add more clinics to speed up the country’s struggling Covid-19 vaccine rollout, its main medical association said on Thursday (April 15), dismissing a government plan to create mass inoculation hubs as unworkable in the near term. Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Omar Khorshid said establishing mass centres would pose […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian authorities should add more clinics to speed up the country’s struggling Covid-19 vaccine rollout, its main medical association said on Thursday (April 15), dismissing a government plan to create mass inoculation hubs as unworkable in the near term. Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Omar Khorshid said establishing mass centres would pose […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to hold a successful Winter Olympics next year in Beijing, responding to challenges the event faces from the coronavirus pandemic and international criticism over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. “With the active support and participation of all parties, we’re confident about overcoming the impact of the […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to hold a successful Winter Olympics next year in Beijing, responding to challenges the event faces from the coronavirus pandemic and international criticism over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. “With the active support and participation of all parties, we’re confident about overcoming the impact of the […]
SINGAPORE – A 20-year-old student who did not want to get into trouble for breaching her curfew made a police report against her former boyfriend, falsely claiming that he had assaulted her and forced her into a van. Police later learnt the incident did not happen. Tharuna Thirunavukkarasu, a student with the Institute of Technical […]
SINGAPORE – A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a case of loanshark harassment in Choa Chu Kang, the police said on Thursday (April 15). On March 31, they were alerted to the incident involving the gate of a residential unit in Choa Chu Kang Street 54 being secured with a […]
SINGAPORE – A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a case of loanshark harassment in Choa Chu Kang, the police said on Thursday (April 15). On March 31, they were alerted to the incident involving the gate of a residential unit in Choa Chu Kang Street 54 being secured with a […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Beijing’s top representative in Hong Kong said on Thursday (April 15) that any foreign powers that try to use the global financial centre as a pawn will face counter measures, amid escalating tensions between the city and Western governments. Mr Luo Huining, the director at China’s Hong Kong Liaison Office, was […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Beijing’s top representative in Hong Kong said on Thursday (April 15) that any foreign powers that try to use the global financial centre as a pawn will face counter measures, amid escalating tensions between the city and Western governments. Mr Luo Huining, the director at China’s Hong Kong Liaison Office, was […]
SINGAPORE – The Republic’s fake news law was invoked after unsubstantiated claims about adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines were posted on Facebook and published online by a website. In a statement on Thursday (April 15), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said the Health Minister had instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) […]